"Bat . O . 'The ,..Year" In. a prcsentation acclaimed by 900 people as one 6of the loveliest, Parramatta has seen, 17 pretty debutantes, wearing tradi tional white gowns, made their bow to the General Officer Commanding Eastern Com nand, fLat.-General F. H. Berryman, C.B., C.B.E.,1DS.O., and Mrs. Berryman, at the brilliantly successful Parramatta Hospital Ball; held at the Rivoli last Thursday night. The girls were presented by Mrs. Roy Turton, wearing "one of the most striking of the many beautiful gowns' which graced the evening, fashioned from . black net. embroidered with beaten-silver thread, over American Beauty chiffon. The 'debs. and their partners, in the order of their presenta tion, were:-Shirley' Rush and George McDonald; Joyce Che sham and Ronald Morrisey; Nerida Reynolds and • Rbnald Shepherdson; Betty Starkey-and William Simpson; June Carpen ter and John Mathews; Maureen Lane and Patrick Foley; "Betty Malcolm and Keith Ashley; Joyce Fletcher and Walter Keogh; Valerie ...

.Talented P.M.S. Singer Celebrates 21st Birthday Mr. and Mrs. C.. Rodd, of Wentworthville, entertained 90 guests at a'coming-of-age party held recently at Wentworth ,ille Masonic HaIl in honor of their youngest daughter, Col leen. Mrs. Rodd wore black crepe with a corsage of pink carna tions. The guest of honor's gown was of sky blue taffeta worn with matching gloves and a halo of pink rosebuds.... Colleen, who possesses an unusually beautiful voice, is a member of Parramatta Musical Society and recently won con siderable acclaim for her per formance as Wanda in the So ciety's production/ of "Rose Marie." 'Many members of the, Musi cal Society were present at the party, and guests enjoyed some delightf~d musical entertain ment between dancing .and games. Shirley Austin and Colleen each sang a bracket of two songs and later a duet ("They Didn't Believe Me"). Nancye Granger and tenor Johan Kuy oers also sang a duet, the popu lar ."Look For The Silver Lining," from ".Sally". Colleen's ...

£½-MILLION FOR HOMEBUILDERS Northern District? Co-opera *tive Building Societies announces' that additional finance to the extent of £500,000 has been ar ranged to0 assist`. applicants who desire home finance .in the metropolitan., area of Sydney. Interest is at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum and advances may be repaid over either a 30 year term or a 22-year term. Persons desiring finance should make immediate application to'. the Society at :32a Langston Place, Epping, 'phone WM 1221. -:In addition, the Society has for sale at 2/9 each, booklets of at tractive home designs most suit able to co-operative building society. members.

STRESSES NEED 07 FOR ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC BRIDGE Mr. E. C. Rumsey,. at a meet ing of Parramatta Chamber of Commerce last week, stressed. the need for another : traffic bridge across Parramatta River within the City :area . The Mayor, Alderman E. A. Mobbs, who was guest speaker at the meeting, agreed with Mr. Rumsey that Smith Street was the most suitable site for the bridge. He said he was opposed to sug gestions that the' bridge should cross the river at the end of the proposed new street. "We must preserve this new roadway as a domestic street," Alderman Mobbs added.

From Paddock To Punter S(By Harry Quigley) Chief drawcard at Randwick on Saturday ir, of course, the Epsom. Acceptances include six from. Rosehill-Pennali, Sir Marcher, Tea Towel, King's Flight, Wiranya and Sunny Marsh. Probably only Pennali and Tea Towel will start. SFor a warm favorite, *Pennali, in the Flying Handicap last Saturday, was a disappointment, and he will meet a more for midable bunch in the Epsom. Prior to Saturdar's race, trainer Des McCormick, in reply to a query regarding his horse's pros ipets,: said, "I'm very hopeful," and he will probably be feeling the' same when:the Epsom field goes on to the' track. Last Thursday'Pennali got over four furlongs in; 50 on the Rose-, hill course proper, but some local trainers thought he might have done bette; Ori the track he gets away to a flying start, whereas in his races he jumps off flat-footed, which is a handi cap to a horse that is not a good beginner. But on Saturday, at seven: furlongs, :he was close enough t6 :'the ...

PROMISES BETTER &amp;nbsp; BUS SERVICE A deputation from Dorothy St. Progress Association, South &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Granville, recently discussed sug- gestions for improved bus ser- vices in the area at a conference with a local bus proprietor. The proprietor, Mr. W. H. Phil- lips, agreed to run extra buses during off-peak periods, between Granville railway station and Ferndell Bridge. He pointed out that several extra buses, not listed on the time - table, were already in operation. &amp;nbsp; Mr. Phillips said he would put in operation extra buses from Granville station on Saturday nights, leaving at 12:21 a.m., and at 11 p.m. on Sunday nights. He also agreed to consider pro- posals to start a bus from Fern- dell Bridge at about 5.40 a.m during week days. The association at its last meeting decided to thank Mr. Phillips. The meeting also decided to again urge the P.M.G: Depart- ment to install a public telephone at the corner of Dorothy and Everley Streets.

.TWO .HURT IN Jto yo'bthjs we4 #:ed when the motor cycle they were riding collided with a car at..the corner of Pennant Hills Road: anid Tin terni Avenue, Carlingford, last week. SThey are Keviri Shean' (20), of Aird Street, Parramatta, pillion rider on. the- motor cycle, arind Edward Stunt (20); of Rosehill Street, Parramatta, rider of the cycle. Shean was later treated at Pari'amatta District Hospital for abrasions to the legs. and hands. Stunt, who was also treated at the !hospital, .received abrasions. to the face and legs, The Mayor obf Parriamatta (Ald. E. A. Mobbs) will attend an, interstate public convention in (Melbourne in November, sponrsored by the Australian Council of Local Govemmerit Associations.